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-'''Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken''' (DRAGON QUEST -ダイの大冒険-) is a long-running manga by [[Sanjo Riku]] and [[Inada Koji]] set in the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' world, based mainly on ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' and its class system. It features filler pages giving game-like character stats of the heroes, and often explains details of the spells used in the games.
+'''Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai''' (DRAGON QUEST -ダイの大冒険-, "Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure") is a long-running manga by [[Sanjo Riku]] and [[Inada Koji]] set in the {{Main Series}} world, based mainly on {{Dragon Quest III}}, {{Dragon Quest IV}} and {{Dragon Quest V}}. It features filler pages giving game-like character stats of the heroes, and often explains details of the spells used in the games. The manga was originally published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' from 1989 to 1996, and was compiled into 37 paperback volumes.
-The plot centers around the revival of the Demon Lord defeated in an earlier war, his attempts to conquer the world and the fight of the heroes against him.
+The series began as the 2-chapter manga ''Derupa! Iruriru!'', which introduces the protagonist Dai as a boy raised by friendly monsters on a remote island, who must contend with a group of poachers masquerading as a game-style hero party. This would receive a followup in the form of the 3-chapter ''Dai Bakuhatsu!!'', where Dai defends the visiting [[Princess Leona]] from assassins by awakening a strange power in the form of a dragon-shaped crest on his head.
-An anime series based on the manga was also produced.
+The series proper would incorporate these adventures as its opening arc, continuing with a new storyline of a strange miasma that causes Dai's monster friends to become violent and murderous. The Hero [[Avan]] arrives on the island with his cowardly apprentice [[Popp]], placing it under [[Glimmer|a protective spell]] and explaining that monsters are falling back under the influence of the dark lord [[Hadlar]], who has somehow returned to life stronger than ever. Avan begins training Dai in swordplay, but their curriculum is cut short when Hadlar himself arrives, kills Avan, and reveals that he now serves as marshal of the dark king [[Vearn]], the legendary "God of the Underworld". Dai and Popp flee the island and set out on a quest to defend the world from Vearn's forces while gathering allies and discovering the truth of Dai's origins.
+Two anime television series based on the manga were produced by Toei Animation, the first being an incomplete adaptation in 1991, and a new adaptation starting in 2020.
 ==Characters==
-===Heroes===
+*''See main article'': [[List of characters in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai]]
-* Dai, the main hero. He has grown up on an island full of friendly monsters. For a short time, he has been trained by Avan, but he always has difficulty casting spells, usually it works only when he is very angry. His real name, given by Baran is Dino.
-* Avan, who trains the hero for a short time, but then dies fighting Hadlar. He remains ever-present as a role model, and many of the characters are former disciples or comrades of Avan. Near the end, it turns out that Avan is alive after all.
+==Series revival==
+In 2020, a series of projects to revitalize the series began. This push includes: a new anime adaptation which aims to cover all the story, a [[Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: Hero Avan and the Demon King of Hellfire|prequel manga]], a new line of merchandise, a card-based arcade game, a [[Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: Xross Blade (Manga)|manga focusing on said card game]], a high end action [[Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: Infinity Strash|console game]], it's own [[Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds|gacha mobile game]], collaborations with other popular mobile games such as {{DQTact}}, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle_%26_Dragons Puzzle & Dragons], and more.
-* Pop, another disciple of Avan who came to Dai's island with him. He is the first party member to join, so to say. A magic user with a lazy and cowardly streak who often has to be shamed into doing the right (heroic) thing, he provides the comic relief in the series.
+The new anime is the center piece of the revival, with everything else borrowing from it, be it only the aspect or the music too. The 2020 adaptation cuts all the filler the older anime had, only adapting the content available in the original manga series.
-* Maam, daughter of the warrior and the priest who fought with Avan in the previous war, and a former disciple of his, is the next to join. She is described as  a white mage warrior. She has no offensive spells, but a gun Avan gave her that can fire spells on bullets. Pop, who initially detests her, later develops a crush on Maam. When her gun breaks, she trains to become a Warrior.
+The revival project also includes making the series available internationally, in some cases for the first time ever, with the new anime and gacha game being available in multiple countries. The anime can be watched on the Crunchyroll and Hulu streaming services, though Hulu only has the 45 first episodes.
+===Episode List (2020 Adaptation)===
+*''See main article'': [[List of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai episodes (2020)]]
-* Leona, the young princess of Papnika, a land of sages. Early in the manga, Dai saves her from a conspiracy that tries to use a ritual on the island to kill her, and falls in love with her.
+==Influence on the series==
+Being the most popular and longest-running {{Main Series}} spin-off, ''Dai no Daibouken'' left an impact on the video games that inspired it. The most significant influence is the introduction of [[Ability List]] performed by human characters. Characters routinely perform extraordinary feats that go beyond the scope of the generic attack battle command seen in the series up until {{IV}}.
-* [[Gomechan]], a gold metal [[slime]] with wings. He rarely takes an active part, but is something like the mascot of the series.
+A number of techniques which debuted in the series would receive appearances in the games, either with the same name (e.g. [[Grand Cross]]/[[Pearly Gates]] and [[Medroa]]/[[Frizz Cracker]]) or in modified form ([[Great Ball of Fire]]'s Japanese name being an anagram of [[Refractor Fist]], [[Flame Slash]] being based on [[Fire Earth Slash]]). The "-splitter" series of moves from {{XI}} also uses the motion of Dai's signature [[Avan Strash]] and includes three entries named after its component [[Earth Slash|Earth]]/[[Wave Slash|Sea]]/[[Air Slash|Sky]] techniques. Interestingly, many such skills are presented as far more dangerous in the manga than their later game appearances, requiring perfect execution to prevent one's body from tearing itself apart due to the incredible power output.
-* Hyunkel, the only human commander in the Demon Army. He later defects into the good side. He is one of Avan's Disciple.
+In particular various lightning-element sword strikes such as [[Giga Break]] and [[Giga Strash]] (originally exclusive to the [[Dragon Knight]]) would be adapted into standard [[Hero]] techniques such as the [[Gigaslash]] of {{VI}} onwards; in a meta sense this can be tied into the line of pureblood Dragon Knights coming to an end over the course of the story, with their abilities being passed down to Dai's human descendants to protect the world in their place.
-* Beast King Crocodine, commander of the Beast Army, who later defects into the good side.
+==In Videogames==
+Starting around 2017, the Dai series started having presence in videogames through collaborations, and starting in 2020 it starting seeing full games adapting the manga series.
-===The Demon Army===
+===Xross Blade===
-* Hadlar, who was defeated by Avan in the previous war and kills him early in the manga. He later defects into the good side.
+Xross blade is a card-based arcade game where players can place and move cards on a board. The positioning of the cards is key to the gameplay, as players can do attack combos if placed correctly.
-* Baran, Dai's real father. He is the commander of the Dragon Army. Also, he is a Dragon Knight, like Dai. He is killed by Hadlar.
+Xross blade follows the story of Adventure of Dai but also has a new story with new characters.
+The game has recieved a few collaborations with mainline {{Main Series}} titles like {{Dragon Quest XI}}.
-===Minor characters===
+===A Hero's Bonds===
-* Brass, Dai's adoptive father.
+A Hero's Bonds is a mobile title developed by DeNa. Players can move forward in three lanes and attack the incoming monsters, using skills and changing lanes when needed. The game has equipment gacha -like Dragon Quest of the Stars and Dragon Quest Walk-, and supports real-time multiplayer for up to three players.
-* The fake heroes, a group who act as heroes but are really just after money. The members in detail:
+It includes two story modes: Dragon Tracks and Bonding Journey. The former is a retelling of the story from the Adventure of Dai, while the later is a brand new story written under the supervision of Riku Sanjo, the original writer of the series. Koji Inada, the original artist of the Dai series, designed Pinky, the pink [[dracky]] that accompanies players through the Bonding Journey storyline.
-** Derolin (でろりん), hero.
-** Zurbon (ずるぼん), priest (female).
-** Masopho (まぞっほ), mage.
-** Hero-Hero (へろへろ), soldier.
-* The King of Romos, a typical elderly, rotund Dragon Quest King.
+===Infinity Strash===
+Infinity Strash is an action console game. Not much is known about it yet.
-* Matoriv, a sadistic and lecherous old mage who fought on the side of Avan in the previous war. Reluctantly he agrees to help the heroes again and trains Pop for a while. Graphically, Matoriv sticks out among the characters; both his design and the style in which he is drawn resemble Moebius rather than anything from the Dragon Quest series.
+===Portable Adventure===
+Portable Adventure is a small handheld device with Tamagochi-like depictions of Dai. It has connectivity with Xross Blade
+===Collaborations===
+Some characters and monsters from the Adventure of Dai series including [[Gomechan]], Chiu and [[Mystvearn]] among others are featured in {{DQMJ3P}}.
+The Adventure of Dai has had collaborations with some mobile games including: Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light, {{DQStars}}, Puzzles and Dragons, and {{DQTact}}.
+Dai is a playable character in the base roster of Jump Force, a console fighting game featuring many other characters from Shonen Jump comics like Goku, Luffy or Yusuke Urameshi.
 ==See Also==
-* [[List of Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken manga chapters|List of ''Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken'' manga chapters]]
+*[[List of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai manga chapters|List of ''Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'' manga chapters]]
-* [[List of Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken anime episodes|List of ''Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken'' anime episodes]]
 ==Gallery==
 <center><gallery>
-File:AdventureOfDaiVol1.png|The cover of the first volume of the series.
+AdventureOfDaiVol1.png|The cover of the first volume of the series.
 </gallery></center>
 ==External links==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_no_Daibouken Wikipedia]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_no_Daibouken Wikipedia]
+*https://www.dqdai-official.com/ Official site (in Japanese)
+*https://dq-dai.com/ Official site for the 2020 Anime.(in Japanese)
+==References==
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